Half Keyboard for Palm and Handspring Debut at Comdex

Matias Corporation's Half Keyboard for Palm and Handspring made its debut at Comdex this week, amid crowds of curious onlookers.
The Half Keyboard's Palm-sized dimensions make it ideal for use on an airplane or other cramped quarters, without sacrificing comfort or typing speed. Its patented skill transfer design allows users to touch type with one hand, using their existing skills, at speeds almost as fast as with both hands (up to 88% of normal typing rates).

Typing with one hand leaves the other hand free for a pen or mouse, allowing the user to easily enter both text and graphics. This makes note taking on a Palm much faster and more flexible than using a regular keyboard, which limits users to text only. Now you can draw diagrams too.

The company also demonstrated a wearable model of the Half Keyboard, which turns a PalmOS unit into an inexpensive wrist-worn wearable computer, ideal for remote data collection applications.

"The wearable has been drawing huge crowds. It took me an hour to cross the show floor yesterday. People kept stopping me for a demonstration," said Vesna Vojnic, Marketing Manager for Matias.

A Half Keyboard for PC-based wearable computers, such as those by ViA and Xybernaut (Nasdaq: XYBR), is also available.

The Half Keyboard retails for $99. The Wearable Half Keyboard retails for $199. Both versions can be bought from the company's website. A free software demo is also available: www.halfkeyboard.com

Source: PR Newswire